Wired: Top Stories (10 unread)
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Teenage Hacker Is Blind, Brash and in the Crosshairs of the FBI
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Kevin Poulsen
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A 17-year old from East Boston, blind from birth, has nevertheless gained access to telephone company systems over and over again. It's pissing off AT&T and Verizon and making him the target of federal prosecutors and the FBI.
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Regina Lynn's Sex Drive: Internet Pushes Polyamory to Its 'Tipping Point'
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Regina Lynn
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After heating up on Usenet and relationship blogs, "responsible, consensual nonmonogamy" boils over into the mainstream. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
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Feb. 29, 45 B.C.: Julius Caesar Takes the Leap
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Randy Alfred
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Julius Caesar figures out that those extra hours have added up, and he reforms the Roman calendar by adding an extra day every four years. Enter the leap year.
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TED 2008: Humans Are Just Machines for Propagating Memes, Susan Blackmore Says
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 8:30pm EST by Kim Zetter
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British scholar Susan Blackmore says that as memes -- ideas or information that copy themselves from person to person through repetition -- are evolving much like genes. In fact, Blackmore argues that humans are mere vehicles for the replication and evolution of memes.
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The Cold War-Era Assault on Comic Book Culture, Revisited
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 8:00pm EST by Josh McHugh
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Author Dave Hajdu tells the story of an infamous time in magazine history in the United States in his new book, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America. While today's gamers eagerly await the latest version of Grand Theft Auto, we recall a time when the ten-cent comic book was about as titillating as it got, and what the U.S. did to try to purge it.
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The Cold War-Era Assault on Comic Book Culture, Revisited
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 8:00pm EST by Josh McHugh
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Author Dave Hajdu tells the story of an infamous time in magazine history in the United States in his new book, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America. While today's gamers eagerly await the latest version of Grand Theft Auto, we recall a time when the ten-cent comic book was about as titillating as it got, and what the U.S. did to try to purge it.
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Alt Text Video: Link's Weapons in Zelda
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 8:00pm EST by Lore Sjöberg
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Wired's Lore Sjöberg dives into the Legend of Zelda universe for a look at Link's boomerangs, swords, bombs and other tools of destruction. Join us each week for Lore's cartoons and his insightful, slightly warped commentary.
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How to 'Google Bomb' an Enemy
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 7:45pm EST by How-To Wiki
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Got a bone to pick with an internet adversary? Peeved at a scofflaw organization or a shady political figure? Get revenge in proper geek fashion by crafting a Google bomb.
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Will New Blu-ray Drives Suck Your Laptop Battery Dry?
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 7:30pm EST by Bryan Gardiner
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One reason Blu-ray drives haven't shown up in many notebook PCs may be that early versions of the drives are power hogs, eating up so much battery life that you might only get halfway through a movie before needing to plug in.
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NASA's Lunar Lowrider
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 7:00pm EST by Brandon Keim
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The Chariot is NASA's radically new design for a lunar rover. No doors, no windows and no seats -- and each of its six wheels has independent steering.